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self-motivation

American  
[self-moh-tuh-vey-shuhn] / ˈsɛlfˌmoʊ təˈveɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.


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Challenges related to communications, coordination and self-motivation may be factors in the decline.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2024

Younger employees are also among the most likely to say that they lack adequate home office space and that self-motivation has been an impediment to getting things done, the survey said.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2020

Ms Nyasamo, however, said she believed organisations needed self-motivation.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2020

John Jones, said Pohorence “requires little if any supervision and his self-motivation serves as a role model for others.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2020

Within literacy, the expectation that literate people receive, by virtue of knowledge of language, good selection procedures-considered as universal and permanent as literacy itself-was part of its multi-layered self-motivation.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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